Chapter Twenty-Three: The Ghost Enters the Door in the Middle of the Night

Queqiao Immortal

The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is dark.

As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world.

Tenderness is like water, the best period is like a dream, endure the return of the Magpie Bridge!

If the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight?

"Third Miss, it's so hateful, we worked hard to find him in Chang'an City, but he was fine, but he came to our house insteadβ€”β€”"

When the moon is full, but it is the fifteenth day of July, Taoism is called the Zhongyuan Festival, and Buddhism is called the Bon Festival, which is commonly known as the Ghost Festival in later generations.

The master and servant wandered around Chang'an City for seven or eight days, and they didn't see the little genius four years ago, but they inadvertently heard a popular poem - "Like a Dream Order".

When they returned to Huashan, they saw this "Queqiao Immortal" in the annex of the "Snow Ying Palace".

To be precise, it was the third lady who "perceived" this poem first, and then found it.

You must know that today's Li Zhi is already a god of literature and Taoism, and the pen is naturally full of righteousness between the dragon and the snake.

Ordinary people may not perceive that as soon as the third lady approached Huashan, she found that the backyard of the "Snow Ying Palace" was as high as a cloud.

"This ...... It's indeed his font, but how can he have such delicate emotions as a child? 'Golden Wind and Jade Dew', 'Morning and Twilight', who are you writing about? ”

Looking at the silver hook and iron stroke, the third lady couldn't help but be a little stupid.

"Third Miss, the font is his font, we have also seen his talent, the question is is is this really the child's book? How can he have the realm of literature and Taoism? ”

It was rare for the maid Yun'er to maintain a sense of sobriety, and suddenly remembered that when she saw that little genius four years ago, he was a "leaky body".

How could such a person reach the level of literature and Taoism, even if he could cultivate, the speed of this cultivation would inevitably be too fast, right?

"Third Miss, I heard that there are three of them, a man and a woman, and they all call him 'Nine Princes'. It seems that I am going to Luoyang, why don't we go over and have a look? ……”

Seeing that the third lady didn't speak for a long time, Yun'er gently probed on the side.

"You little girl, are you getting more and more presumptuous? Forget it, what about good poems, I can be regarded as seeing it, in my opinion, the 'Dream Order' circulating in Chang'an City may also be from his handwriting. ”

"We've been playing for so many days, it's time to practice with peace of mind, or if the second brother comes back to teach kung fu, we will be reprimanded by him again."

The third lady said this, but her eyes were still staring at the wall in front of her, and suddenly the sleeves of her robe shook, and this shadow wall was uprooted and flew towards the top of Huashan.

Li Zhi naturally didn't know that his "Queqiao Immortal", which was used to offset the store's funds, aroused a certain woman's greater interest in him.

After writing this poem that night, it was also a whim, and Li Zhi, who was already both civil and military, was no longer as timid as he was when he first arrived in the Tang Dynasty.

Now, even if it is a life-and-death struggle, he believes that in the entire Datang territory, there may not be many decent opponents.

It's been a few days since he left Huashan, and Li Zhi is still thinking about the interesting monk.

The Taoist of "Xueying Palace", thanks to his lingering and sympathetic "Queqiao Immortal", especially the heroic righteousness that fills the lines, the well-informed Taoist can naturally recognize that it is the realm of Confucianism!

When he left the next day, not only did he not collect the money for a few people's rooms, but he also gave three horses and some entanglements.

From beginning to end, Li Zhi did not speak to the monk, but the compassionate atmosphere of that body, the face like a crown of jade, and the eyes like black jewels left a deep impression on Li Zhi.

Li Zhi felt that this person must be very human, and in the dark, he felt that there might be more stories between them.

......

"Ninth Prince, Luoyang City has arrived-"

Luoyang Castle, which began to be rebuilt on a large scale in the early Sui Dynasty, was then known as Tokyo.

After Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, he moved the capital from Daxing to Luoyang.

In the fifth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang renamed it Dongdu.

On the official side, His Royal Highness the King of Jin had been following the disaster relief team sent by the emperor, and Li Zhi and the three did not dare to make a noise when they entered the city, quietly entered the city from the west gate, and found the residence of "His Royal Highness the King of Jin".

The three of them left the team and went to him, and the other temporary guards of the King of Jin, the attendants and palace maids who were waiting, naturally moved with the team.

Seeing the three people coming on horseback in casual clothes, the guards guarding the door naturally did not stop them, but they were a little puzzled, when did His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who had never shown up, go out in microclothes?

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Lord Wei has already gone to Bianzhou, where the disaster is most serious, and I specially explained it when I left, so that you can stay in Luoyang for the time being."

"The follow-up grain will arrive one after another, you can show up in Luoyang City every few days, or go to the porridge tent outside the city."

When starting from Chang'an, Li Zhi and Wei Zheng had a division of labor.

Li Zhi, the king of Jin, is a symbolic existence, showing up to appease the emotions of the people, and Wei Zheng is naturally solely responsible for other things.

Li Zhi waved his hand to let Wei Zheng's subordinate go down, and the three of them walked straight to the back house.

The mansion arranged by Wei Zheng for Li Zhi is very spacious, with a total of five large courtyards before and after, and there is actually a martial arts training ground next to it, with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and eighteen kinds of weapons.

"Whose mansion is this?"

After Li Zhi and the three of them walked through the courtyard, they asked the little eunuch who was serving next to him, who also came from the "Lizheng Palace" in Chang'an.

Li Zhiben didn't want to accept this, it was best to be simple when he went out, and he couldn't stand the motherly heart of the eldest grandson.

"Your Highness, the slave maid inquired on the first day I moved in, this mansion has been idle for many years and no one has lived in it, and in the early years it was lived by a general surnamed Shan."

"I heard that it was still the king of Luoyang, Wang Shichong, who was a concubine, and after losing to our Tang Dynasty, this mansion was naturally taken over."

Surname?

Li Zhi's heart moved, he turned his head to look at Qin Huaiyu, and seeing that there was no reaction on his face, he guessed that his father Qin Qiong might not mention the past in front of him.

"Okay, the three of us live in the back house, and the people who serve are still the ones from the 'Lizheng Palace', and the rest of the people live in other courtyards, so don't disturb people's tranquility."

Li Zhi and the three of them had a hasty meal, and after traveling for so many days, they were finally able to sleep peacefully.

……

The moon passes in the middle of the sky, the night is like water, and the cool breeze is blowing.

The back house was quiet, and occasionally I could hear an even snoring sound coming from the west wing, which was Qin Huaiyu's residence.

Li Zhi lived in the middle room, next to his east wing, but it was the residence of the eldest grandson Huanting, and the little girl was meditating.

In fact, since breaking through to the innate realm, the eldest grandson Huanting has rarely slept and cultivated day and night, in order to break through to the realm of the gods as soon as possible and impact the "dead pass" of their master.

It is said that only after passing the "dead pass" can you truly embark on the path of cultivation.

And after passing the "death pass", compared with ordinary Wendao Tongshen or Martial Dao Tongshen, it is much more powerful.

It's a pity that, according to the historical records in the door, there are only two people who have been able to successfully break through the "dead pass" for hundreds of years.

At this moment, the eldest grandson Huanting saw the dawn of success, and she felt that the most right thing she had done for so many years was to enter the palace and meet Li Zhi, the king of Jin.

This son is simply his own lucky star, it has only been less than a year, and he has achieved far more than the same sect of penance for decades!

Li Zhi had fallen asleep, but his whole body was not idle, constantly absorbing the aura around him.

Especially when the moon shines, the cold moonlight floats down one by one, and it will always automatically enter Li Zhi's body.

Is this absorbing the power of the moon?

Li Zhi, who was asleep, how could he know what was happening to him, this is something that many monks can't envy.

"Who are you? ——”

Suddenly, a gust of wind shook the willow locust in front of the window, and a human figure appeared on the wall of Li Zhi's bedroom.

"Who are you?"

Li Zhi had already woken up, waking up when the wind was shaking outside the window, and watched as a cloud of black gas floated in, and finally took shape on the opposite wall.

"You are a descendant of the Li family, right? Li Shimin's son? ”

The figure on the wall is tall, even if it is just a human form, but it also gives people a feeling of burlyness.

"Are you the 'red-haired spirit officer' Shan Xiongxin?"

One person and one form, on the night of this mid-year festival, he actually chatted calmly here?

"Haha, you actually know me? There was a 'black god' who saved your dad back then, I wonder who else will come to save you tonight? ”

The figure on the wall was very arrogant, as if he didn't take Li Zhi in front of him in his eyes at all.

"What shall I call you now? Deng Jiugong? Shan Xiongxin? Or the Blue Dragon Star? Since you have been made a god, why should you bother to make chaos in the lower realm again and again? ”

"If I'm not mistaken, what remains here is just a wisp of residual thoughts, you have been reincarnated again, and now you are Gasuwen of Goryeo, right?"

Li Zhi ran the "Golden Pupil of Delusion", and he had already seen that what was on the wall was just a wisp of residual thoughts, and the "memory" of Shan Xiongxin's past and present life was still fresh.

When he was a god, Deng Jiugong was named Qinglongxing, he was originally a famous general of Yin Shang, and later returned to the Western Zhou Dynasty to help Xiqi Xingzhou destroy the Shang.

Yin Chengxiu was named the White Tiger Star, this is the general of the King of Xuan, and he will be protected from death.

Before his death, he belonged to different camps, and even if he was enshrined in heaven and ranked with the gods after death, he could not eliminate the contradictions and grievances of the past.

This led to the fact that the Blue Dragon Star had rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in the lower realm four times, and the White Tiger Star had not lost the Tang Dynasty three times.

In the first life, it was Shan Xiongxin to Luo Cheng.

In the second life, it was Gai Suwen to Xue Rengui.

In the third life, it was Su Bao and Xue Dingshan.

The fourth generation is An Lushan to Guo Ziyi.

Finally in the fourth life, it can be regarded as a symbolic ruin of Li Tang Jiangshan, which is still the result of Li Longji's self-inflicted blame.

According to legend, once Li Longji traveled to the Moon Palace, saw Chang'e beautiful, and recited a few crooked poems that were out of place, just like the old things in the Nuwa Palace back then.

provoked the Jade Emperor to be furious, so he ordered Qinglongxing to go down to earth again to cut off Li Tang's country.

Tai Bai Xing on the side said that Li Tang's qi was not exhausted, and it was afraid that it would be against the number of days, so he let the White Tiger Star come to the world and be reincarnated as Guo Ziyi, so that Datang could continue to survive.

Li Zhi's words frightened the human figure on the wall.

"You can't be Li Shimin's son, who are you?"

"Boom-"

Li Zhi's eyes suddenly shot out two golden rays, shattering the human figure on the wall, and before he could even let out a shout, he completely disappeared.

……

"Your Highness, Your Highness, wake upβ€”"

"Sister Huanting, what should I do? Your Highness was fine yesterday, why can't you wake up after a night's sleep? ”

The next day, it was already three poles in the sun, but Li Zhi was still asleep, and there was no sign of waking up.

Fortunately, the eldest grandson Huanting gave him a number and found that everything was normal except for not waking up, so he didn't let people go to the doctor.

"Huaiyu, it is strictly forbidden for His Highness's affairs to be spread, let's guard His Highness here first, and if His Highness can't wake up in two days, let's find a way."

Two days a day, two days and three days, five days have passed, and Li Zhi is still asleep.

This can make Qin Huaiyu and the eldest grandson Huanting anxious, Qin Huaiyu knows that he can't delay any longer, and this matter must be reported to Chang'an immediately.

Just as he had prepared three fast horses and was about to rush back day and night, suddenly the guard at the door came in to give a notice.

"General Qin, there is an old Taoist outside the door, who claims to be called Sun Simiao, and asks to see His Royal Highness the King of Jinβ€”β€”"

Sun Simiao? Qin Huaiyu and eldest grandson Huanting were both stunned.

This person's name is too big, and the two of them have now cultivated some of the "Five Fowl Operas" given to King Jin, which can be regarded as having a trace of origin.

"Sister Huanting, you are here to take care of Your Highness, let me go out to greet Sun Zhenren."

After speaking, Qin Huaiyu left the back house and rushed to the gate.

"It's really Sun Zhenren who has arrived! The kid Qin Huaiyu greeted the late arrival, and asked the real person to forgive his sinsβ€”β€”"

Qin Huaiyu knew Sun Simiao, thinking that Qin Qiong was trapped by his own internal force back then, and almost took his life, but Sun Simiao rescued Qin Qiong.

He stayed in the Qin Mansion for several days, and it was not until Qin Qiong turned the corner that Sun Simiao left the Qin Mansion.

At that time, Qin Huaiyu was already eight or nine years old, and Sun Simiao's appearance had not changed much in recent years, so he could naturally recognize him as soon as he saw him.

"Are you the second son of the Qin family? It's weird, it's weird, you actually broke through to the innate realm, or the late congenital stage, it's incredible-"

Sun Simiao also recognized Qin Huaiyu, although he had changed a lot compared to six years ago, his appearance became more like Qin Qiong in the past.

As he spoke, Sun Simiao's hand had already put on Qin Huaiyu's wrist.

"Sun Zhenren, who are you? ……”

Suddenly, someone grabbed his wrist, out of instinct, Qin Huaiyu almost resisted, but was held by Sun Simiao.

This time surprised Qin Huaiyu a lot.

"Haha, second child of the Qin family, it seems that you have had a lot of adventures in the past few years. First refined the energy of 'ambergris', and also cultivated the old 'Five Fowl Opera'? ”

"But what's the last one? Lao Dao felt a little familiar, but why couldn't he say it? ”

confirmed that Qin Huaiyu had several adventures to get to the point where he is now, Sun Simiao was very pleased.

Sun Simiao has always admired Qin Qiong's character and martial arts, and when he saw the descendants of his old friend entering the country like this, he was naturally happy for Qin Qiong.

In just a few words, Qin Huaiyu was shocked, and he lightly raised his pulse, his own experience was actually like seeing it in person?

However, seeing that he was as strong as Sun Simiao and had not been able to diagnose the herbal tea they had drunk, Qin Huaiyu was more interested in the old man who sold herbal tea.

"Sun Zhenren, it's great that you're old, come in with me to see His Royal Highness the King of Jinβ€”β€”"

Sun Simiao had just let go of Qin Huaiyu's wrist, but he grabbed the sleeve of his robe again, and walked in without saying anything.

"You kid, why are you so careless, Lao Dao came here to see His Royal Highness the King of Jin, are you so anxious?"

Sun Simiao slashed twice, stunned that he couldn't get rid of Qin Huaiyu, and he couldn't do it again, right? Let him pull him inside.

"Sister Huanting, Sun Zhenren is here, Your Highness is saved."

After entering the inner house, Qin Huaiyu no longer worried about leaking out, and his tense nerves in the past few days have also relaxed.

"Ah, this is? ——”

When the eldest grandson Huanting saw Sun Simiao, Sun Simiao naturally saw her too.

Sun Simiao rubbed her eyes, carefully looked at the teenage girl in front of her again, and then glanced at Qin Huaiyu next to her.

"Strange, strange, what's wrong today, I actually met two martial arts wizards in a row! What is this girl's name, if Lao Dao didn't look away, you are already in the realm of half-step communication? ”

Even though Sun Simiao had already made up his mind in his heart, he still couldn't believe his eyes.

As far as he knew, a few years ago, there were only two half-step martial artists in the entire Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing was the only one in the martial arts.

It's only been a few years, and the little girl in front of her is actually a half-step channel?

Looking at this posture, the two boys of the Qin family may be able to reach a half-step channel one day, or even higher.

Could it really be that the Three Realms have changed, as the teacher said?

But where did this change come from?

Five years ago, when Sun Simiao treated Li Zhi, he not only spent his last "Heart Protecting Pill", but also gave Li Zhi the secret "Five Fowl Play" that his master did not pass on.

Sun Simiao did not continue to stay in Chang'an City, but returned to his division after decades of absence.

At that time, the elders in the door had an order, and when he sent the "Five Fowl Opera" originally, it was the day he returned to the master's door.

In the past five years, Sun Simiao, who is nearly 100 years old, has stayed in the master and continued to practice.

After showing his behavior in Chang'an, he described Li Zhi's situation and was given a "Washing Obstacle Pill" by the commander of the sect.

After taking it, the gray hair turned blue, and the ninety-four-year-old Sun Simiao seemed to have returned to the age of twenty or thirty years old from his appearance to his physical functions.

And the realm that has been stagnant for more than 40 years has been broken through in one fell swoop, which was originally equivalent to the realm of half-step channeling, and the foundation was successfully built directly, stepping into the "Jindan period", and it pointed directly to the later stage of Jindan.

The original "water, fire and gold needle" can only be used as a method to save people, and now it has evolved into a set of offensive and defensive exercises.

Leaving the division again, Sun Simiao was ninety-nine years old, and he didn't want to be shocked, so he changed back to his original appearance.

That's right, in addition to practicing the "Water, Fire and Golden Needle", Sun Simiao was also taught some practical spells, such as transfiguration, breath-holding technique, land flight technique, etc.

Luoyang is Sun Simiao's first stop after going down the mountain, and he also heard that Henan Province was flooded, and it is naturally the duty of a doctor to save the life and help the wounded.

As soon as I entered Luoyang, I heard rumors from the people that His Majesty the Tang Dynasty sent His Royal Highness the King of Jin to come to relieve the disaster.

The two of them can also be regarded as having a doctor-patient relationship, and they have a friendship of passing on their merits, Sun Simiao wants to see what His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who has a "heavenly leaky body", has become now.

That's why we came to ask for a meeting.

Unexpectedly, before seeing Li Zhi himself, Qin Huaiyu and eldest Sun Huanting gave Sun Simiao two surprises one after another.

"The waves of the sea are full of green sunshine, and the spirit is full of green pools. The eldest disciple, Sun Huanting, greets Sun Zhenren on behalf of the family teacherβ€”β€”"

After the eldest grandson Huanting thought about it carefully, she still bowed to Sun Simiao Yingying.

"No wonder, it turns out that you are actually her disciple? ——”